Popularity of eBooks, Audiobooks Increasing

More than half of all eBooks read in K-12 classrooms are for pleasure reading according to a School Library Journal survey.

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The number of digital books borrowed on OverDrive's K-12 digital reading platform is up 48 percent compared to 2015. K-12 students are reading more eBooks and audiobooks, and while an increasing number of schools are moving their curriculum books to digital, more than half of all eBooks read in K-12 classrooms are for pleasure reading according to a School Library Journal survey.

For the first time, broadband and network capacity is the top priority for school system technology leaders, according to CoSN's (the Consortium for School Networking's) 2016 K-12 IT Leadership Survey Report.